Pictures show devastation caused by fire on Hull housing estate which has left families homeless

Aerial images show the aftermath of a blaze which ravaged through six homes in Bransholme, Hull. Pictures: SWNS

The skeletal remains of the properties reveal the interior destruction that has destroyed the homes.

Some of the homes in the Bransholme estate in Hull have been reduced to ash and rubble.

Children's toys can be seen strewn and melted in surrounding gardens, with the windows of the homes smashed through.

Aerial images show the aftermath of a blaze which ravaged through six homes in Bransholme, Hull

Families have been left homeless due to the fire, which could not have come at a worse time with the Government's lockdown restrictions.

Up to 100 people nearby were told to leave their homes at the height of the blaze, which started at around 11.30am on Friday.

Local residents were alerted to the drama when smoke began billowing out into the streets.

Photographer Dean Gellatly, 50, was one of those who came out of his home to witness the black clouds of smoke hanging over the estate.

He said: "It was harrowing - you couldn't see.

"There were cars pulling over at the side and people stopping in the streets because you could not see anything but black smoke."

It is believed the fire started in an empty house in the terraced row of prefabs in Stroud Crescent East - and then ripped through the adjoining houses.

Miraculously, nobody was injured or trapped in the fire.

Two people have been arrested in connection with the incident.

It was Dean's drone that captured the aftermath of the damage on Saturday afternoon.

Debris has spilled from the affected properties, with mesh gates and plastic barriers erected to prevent entry.

The families who live in the homes were allowed back briefly on Saturday morning to try and salvage some belongings.

Police and fire officers remained at the scene on Saturday to investigate the fire.

Eight fire engines and 40 firefighters had rushed to the scene on Friday morning as flames tore though the properties and clouds of black smoke billowed into the sky.

The police are asking for anyone with information on how the fire began to come forward.

Detective Inspector Simon Vickers said: “A joint investigation will now take place between the police and the fire service to establish the cause of the fire."

The Bransholme estate is a postwar housing development of mainly council properties.

It is the largest council estate in Yorkshire.